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Rocket: Soyuz-FG; Payload: Soyuz-TMA 16; Date: 30 September 2009, 0713 UTC; Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. After separating from the rocket’s third stage, the Soyuz TMA-16’s two solar wings and radio antennas deployed as planned.
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ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair said that India would launch a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) using an indigenously developed cryogenic engine by the end of the year.
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The launch of the two satellites aboard an Ariane 5 ECA has been postponed 24 hours to allow additional checks on the launch vehicle.
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NASA’s MESSENGER successfully flew by Mercury yesterday, gaining a critical gravity assist that will enable it to enter orbit about Mercury in 2011 and capturing images of five percent of the planet never before seen. However, a glitch prevented the probe from taking images during the flyby as planned.
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Following the launch and in-orbit testing of the most sophisticated gravity mission ever built, ESA’s GOCE satellite is now in measurement mode, mapping tiny variations in Earth’s gravity in unprecedented detail.
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Space Systems/Loral announced that it delivered Intelsat 14 to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, where it is scheduled to launch later this year aboard an Atlas V rocket.
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Probably the most common cause for complaint with satellite TV is poor picture quality due to poor installation of the dish, aerial, wiring or the wind blowing the dish or aerial off alignment. Repair can be very simple with a bit of know how and the right tools.
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